“I’m not eating that foreign muck!” Historically, the British have had something of a reputation for being intolerant of food from distant lands. We have cast our suspicious eyes on everything from wasabi to spaghetti, pushing it to the side of the plate and muttering darkly to ourselves. After all, what’s wrong with chips? Why can’t everyone restyle their food cultures to align with our own bland requirements?

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Of course, we eat plenty of stuff that other nations would label as “foreign muck”, from tripe and onions to Gala Pie. And the truth is, our intolerance has never been unique. We might have been unimpressed by the idea of eating snails, but the French would have been equally dismissive of faggots. We adore the food we grow up with, and it’s not always easy to make rapid adjustments and accept the reality of, say, turtle blood or cow’s thyroid gland.

This idea has prompted a load of viral videos in the last few days. In Americans Try Estonian Sweets unsuspecting citizens of the USA are asked to sample such Baltic delights as kaseke. (“I wouldn’t waste calories on this.”) Millions of us have watched Americans Try Bizarre Russian Foods For The First Time, desperate to see someone eating raw pig fat for the first time, or pickled tomatoes. (“Like someone threw acid on my grandmother.”) And then there’s Japanese People React To Marmite, where unfortunate volunteers expect something akin to soy sauce but end up deeply traumatised. (“My face is broken.”) What’s so great about these videos – aside from the extreme reactions – is the reminder that even in this era of globalisation, our palates our still radically different. What passes for a delicacy in one nation can still have people screaming in disgust in another.

Having done some research amongst some friends of mine, I’ve pulled together enough ideas for a good few hours of these viral videos, if anyone fancies making them. Just sit some people down, and get them to work their way through the list below. (Those of a sensitive disposition may need to lie down after reading it.)